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Date: 2019-12-04 Time: 5:30 PM
Building: School - Parker Location: Conference Room
Address: 45 Temple Street Session:
Purpose: Monthly Meeting Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
Marianne Dawning, Erin Gaffen, Eileen Manning, Vonda Gauthier, Richele
Shankland, Andrew Spinal, Lynda Michel
Members - Not Present:
Christine Lusk
Sherilla Lestrade
Elisabeth Bean
Jeanne Duran
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Richele Shankland
Topics of Discussion:
1. Review and vote on minutes from the November 6,2019,meeting.
1. Eileen Manning made a motion to accept the November 6,2019,minutes and
Marianne Downing seconded the motion.
2. Review 2019-2020 School Improvement Plan
1. Edits to the School Goal: Added language regarding academic achievement
2. Edits to strategic initiatives
a. Team time structure language changed from reading to literacy
b. Revised focus group for subgroup survey language
3. Consensus by School Council to forward to Dr. Doherty
4. We discussed sharing ideas for the 2020-2021 SIP in the spring to prepare for PD
summer planning and drafting the school plan earlier(since 3 year plan)
a. Along with updates on the current SIP,we can plan for these discussions
in March,April and May.
3. Budget Process
1. Discussed budget lines using this document,specifically why some are over or
under what is budgeted
a. Transfers have to be done when needs come up that are larger than what
was budgeted(i.e.our kiln and piano both needed to be replaced after
countless repairs on both)
b. Technology-what comes out of school budget versus district budget
1. Replacements come out of the district budget
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c. Library books come out of the building-based budget
1. We order new books every year in order to keep our collection up
to date.
Respectfully submitted by,
Richele Shankland
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